sift
verb /sɪft/
/sɪft/
动词形式
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they sift | /sɪft/ /sɪft/ |
| he / she / it sifts | /sɪfts/ /sɪfts/ |
| past simple sifted | /ˈsɪftɪd/ /ˈsɪftɪd/ |
| past participle sifted | /ˈsɪftɪd/ /ˈsɪftɪd/ |
| -ing form sifting | /ˈsɪftɪŋ/ /ˈsɪftɪŋ/ |
- [transitive] sift something to put flour or some other fine substance through a sieve / sifter
筛（面粉或颗粒较细的物质） - Sift the flour into a bowl.
把面粉筛到碗里。
- Sift the flour finely before adding it to the mixture.
把面粉细细筛一遍再加到混合料里 。 - You will need 100g self-raising flour, sifted.
你需要100克自养面粉，过筛。
- Sift the flour into a bowl.
- [transitive, intransitive] to examine something very carefully in order to decide what is important or useful or to find something important
细查；详审 - sift something We will sift every scrap of evidence.
我们将细查每一点证据。 - Computers are being used to sift the information.
计算机正被用来筛选信息。 - sift through something Crash investigators have been sifting through the wreckage of the aircraft.
调查坠机事件的专家一直在仔细检查飞机残骸。
- He's mentally sifting for truths.
他在脑子里细细思忖想找出事实真相。 - I spent hours sifting through those heavy art books.
我花了好几个小时翻看那些沉甸甸的画册。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- out
- for
- through
- spend hours sifting through something
- spend time sifting through something
- sift something We will sift every scrap of evidence.
- [transitive] sift something (out) from something to separate something from a group of things
区分；挑选；精选 - He sifted the relevant data from the rest.
他从其余的数据中筛选出相关的数据。 - She looked quickly through the papers, sifting out from the pile anything that looked interesting.
她很快地翻了一下那摞文件，把所有看着有趣的东西都拣了出来。
- He sifted the relevant data from the rest.
词源Old English siftan, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziften, also to sieve.